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CHARLES SCOTT, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

HAT-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming' part o`f Letters Patent NO. 600,622, dated March 15, 1898.

Application led April l2, 1897. Serial No. 631,709. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern/.n

Be it known that I, CHARLES SCOTT, of the city of Minneapolis, county of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a device that may be .permanently attached to a womans hat and may be used for the purpose of securing the hat in position, so that the hat may be readily and quickly fastened upon the head or unfastened for the purpose of removal.

The invention consists in the constructions and combinations hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication, Figure 1 is a sectional view of a hat having my improvements applied thereto, the pins being drawn back in position for application of the device to the head. Fig. 2 is a similar View with the pins pushed inward in position to engage the hair of the wearer. Fig. 3 is a detail looking toward the inside of the hat. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are detail views of the holder. Fig. 7 is a sectional view of Ione side of the hat, showing the pin in position therein and showing a modied means for supporting the holder. Fig. 8 is a transverse section showing the device applied to a soft hat, the pins in this View being shown drawn back in position for application of the hat to the head of the wearer. Fig. 9 is a View similar to Fig. 8, but with the pins pushed inward into position to engage the hair of the wearer. Fig. 10 is an under side View of the pins and the supporting-frame shown in Figs. 8 and 9.

Fig. 11 is a detail of the'holder shown in Figs.

S, 9, and 10.

In the drawings, 2 represents a hat, which may be of any ordinary or preferred construction. is a stiff hat, while that shown in Figs. 8 and 9 is a soft or felt hat. Arranged upon the under side of the hat-brim, at each side, and preferably close to` its inner edge, or where the under surface of the brim joins the crown and at a point preferably a little back of the center, I arrange a guide 3. This guide is The hat shown in Figs. l, 2, 3, and 7V which the pins 7 pass.

preferably formedof a piece of elastic sewed to the surface of the hat at the inner edge of the brim and forming two loops through which the legs of the pin pass. This guide may, however, be formed of any suitable material, such as light wire; but I prefer to form it of elastic cord, as with this there is a certain amount of friction upon the surface of the pin which tends to hold it in position. The pins 7 are each substantially in the form of an ordinary hair-pin, having two legs and a crown portion 9. Each of these pins is pref erably of curved form longitudinally, and the legs of the pins pass through the loops in the guides 3. The pins also pass through eyes 17 in the holders 13, which are secured to the inside of the hat at any desired height. In Figs. 1, 2, and 3 I have shown these holders secured to the inner side of the crown of the hat by means of elastic cords 15.

The ends of the pins 7 are preferably broad and of fiattened form, as shown in Fig. 3, and said ends are flattened substantially in the plane of the two legs of the pin, so that they will easily pass into or out of the hair of the wearer. When the hat is to be put into position, the pins are drawn out and downward to the positions shown in Figs. 1 and 8. The hat is then placed on the head and the pins are pushed upward and inward,bein g directed by the guides 3 and the holders 13 into substantially the positions shown in Figs. .2 and .9. Both pins will in this position pass through the hair of the wearer and the hat will be firmly held in position. The-pins 7 may, if preferred, be provided at their crowns with suitable knobs or projections to enable them to be more readily grasped. The ends of the pins being Iiattened in the plane of the legs, they will slip readily through the hair either in pushing the pins in or pulling them out,

and they will not catch in the hair.

I also prefer to form the holders 13 in substantially the lform shown in Figs. 4., 5, and 6. As here shown, the holder is of substantially triangular formand is provided with two vertically-elongated holes or openings 17, through The long diameter of each of the holes 17 is at right angles, when the pin is in position, to the iattened surfaces of the ends of the pin, as shown in Fig. 3, so

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that the Walls of said holes form stops for the ends of the pins and prevent the pins being drawn through the holders. By this means also, when the pins are drawn out to the positions shown in Figs. 1 and 8, the holders will be carried with them and will be drawn down close against the lower surface of the inner side of the crown of the hat, as also shown in Figs. 1 and 8. The holder 13 is also preferably provided with a loop 18, formed at its upper end, and with a turned-over lip 19, which engages and holds the end of the elastic cord 15, as shown in Fig. 6. This cord also passes through the loop 18, as shown in said gure.

With the construction shown the holders will automatically adjust themselves to the required position when the pins are pushed inward to engage the hair of the wearer. The pins will slide through the holders and the holders will be held down, and the elastic cords will exert an upward pull or pressure at all times, causing the pins to firmly engage the hair and thereby causing the hat to be held firmly in position.

Instead of using the elastic automaticallyadjustable supports for the holders I may use a non-elastic adjustable support-such, for example, as that shown in Fig. 7. As here shown, the holder 13 is secured to a non-elastic cord 21. This cord passes through an eyelet or opening 22 near the top of the hat and is provided at its end with a hook 23. A series of eyelets 24: are formed inthe side of the crown o f the hat, and the hook 23 is adapted to engage in one of said eyelets. With this construction the cord 21 is released by disengaging the hook 23 from the eyelet in the side of the hat-crown, and the holder will then be drawn downward with the pin into the position shown in Fig. 1 when it is desired to put the hat in place. After the hat is put upon the head and the pins are pushed inward the cords 21 may be drawn through the eyelets 22 and tightened and the hooks 23 engaged with the proper eyelets in the side of the hatcrown. p 1

In Figs. 8, 9, and 10 I have shown a construction adapted to be applied to a soft hat. As here shown, a plate 25 is arranged at each side of the hat, preferably inside of the sweatband and extending upward toward the top of the crown. The lower end of this plate is provided with openings which take the place of the loops formed by the guide 3 in the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and the elastic cords supporting the holders 13 are preferably connected to the upper ends ot' the plates 25, as shown in Figs. 8, 9, and 10. A wire 26, of substantially S form, connects the upper ends of the two plates 25. This wire may be bent by increasing or decreasing the curve of the -S portion, so as to bring the upper ends of the plates 25 nearer to or farther from each other, and the wire may be bent upward or downward, as may be required to suit the convenience of the wearer. In other respects the construction shown in Figs. 8, 9, and 10 is substantially the same as that shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

In Fig. 11 I have shown the holder 13 provided with a loop 18 at its upper end and withl a loop 27 at its lower end in place of the loop 19 shown in Figs. 5 and 6. With this construction the cord 15 may be used double, as shown in Fig. 11, being carried through the loops 18 and 27.

I do not limitmyself to the details of the construction shown and described, as the form of the pins and of the holders and the means for supporting the holders may obviously all be varied in many particulars without departing from my invention. I may also employ a pin with a single leg instead of the pin with the two legs, if considered preferable.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with a suitable hat, of a guide secured to its under surface at or near the junction of the brim and the crown, a pin passingthrough said guide and adapted to slide therein, a holder arranged within the hat and engaging the free end of the pin, and through which said pin slides, and means for supporting said holder, for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a suitable hat, of a guide secured to its under surface at or near the junction of the brim and the crown, a pin passing through said guide and adapted to slide therein, a holder arranged within the hat and engaging the free end of the pin, and an adjustable support for said holder, for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with a suitable hat, of a guide secured to its under surface at or near the junction of the brim and the crown, a pin passing through said guide and adapted to slide therein, a holder arranged within the hat and engaging the free end of the pin, and an automatically-adjustable support for said holder, for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, wit-h a suitable hat, of a guide secured to its under surface at or near the junction of thebrim and the crown, a pin passing through said guide and adapted to slide therein, a holder arranged within the hat and engaging the free end of the pin, and an elastic support for said holder, for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination, with a suitable hat, of a guide secured to its under surface at or near the junction of the brim and the crown, a pin passing through said guide and adapted to slide therein, said pin being provided with a flattened end, a holder 13 arranged within the hat and provided with elongated openings 17 through which said pin' passes, the longer diameter of said openings being arranged substantially at right angles to the fiat surfaces of the ends of the pin, and means for'supporting said holder, for the purpose set forth.

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6. The combination, with a suitable hat, of Y guides arranged upon its under surface at or near the junction of the brim and the crown, pins passing through said guides and adapted to slide therein, holders arranged within the hat and engaging the free ends of the pins, plates 25 upon which said holders are supported, and the adjustable Wire connecting said plates, for the purpose set forth.

7. The combination, with a suitable hat, of the plates 25 secured to the inner surface of the sides of the hat, guides arranged at the lower ends of said plates, pins passing through said guides, holders arranged within the hat through which the free ends of the pins pass,

said holders being supported upon said plates,

and an adjustable connection between the up- In presence of- A. C. PAUL, M. E. GooLEY. 

